diff --git a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/SNMPServer.pm b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/SNMPServer.pm
index f26cb4c3d9..5a5a741525 100644
--- a/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/SNMPServer.pm
+++ b/pandora_server/lib/PandoraFMS/SNMPServer.pm
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ use Time::Local;
 use Time::HiRes qw(usleep);
 use XML::Simple;
 
+use Scalar::Util qw(looks_like_number);
+
 # Default lib dir for RPM and DEB packages
 use lib '/usr/lib/perl5';
 
@@ -540,10 +542,17 @@ sub reset_if_truncated($$) {
 ###############################################################################
 sub DESTROY {
 	my $self = shift;
-	
+
 	if ($self->{'snmp_trapd'} ne 'manual') {
-		system ("kill -9 `cat /var/run/pandora_snmptrapd.pid 2>$DEVNULL`");
-		unlink ('/var/run/pandora_snmptrapd.pid');
+		my $pid_file = '/var/run/pandora_snmptrapd.pid';
+		if (-e $pid_file) {
+			my $pid = `cat $pid_file 2>$DEVNULL`;
+			if (defined($pid) && ("$pid" ne "") && looks_like_number($pid)) {
+					system ("kill -9 $pid");
+			}
+
+			unlink ($pid_file);
+		}
 	}
 }